Only by allying herself to a representation of white Southern femininity can Mammy achieve a foothold in Southern society and earn the 'right' to appear on screen as a speaking, thinking subject. Mammy's identity is linked solely to the O'Hara family, as a woman who has diapered three generations of the clan (Bogle 88)
Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, has sold an average of 500,000 copies a year since its publication in 1936 (Faust pp)
.till I get so bored I could scream" (Mitchell pp)